Chapter Fifty One
Grissom followed his wife to the door, Ant
cradled securely in his arms as he fed the baby a bottle. He knelt down and winked at his oldest son.
“Be a good boy today, Weevil.”
Mikey giggled and ran out the door onto the
porch. Grissom stood and leaned into
Sara and placed a tender kiss on her lips.
He stifled a groan as her tongue slipped out and slid along his bottom
lip.
She grinned as she pulled back from him. “Mm…apple.”
“Mommy!”
“I’m coming, Mikey.” She winked at her husband as she gently ran
her fingers through Ant’s dark hair.
“I’ll be home soon…”
Grissom nodded silently as he watched Sara and
Mikey make their way to the black Tahoe sitting in the driveway. He sighed lightly as he heard Alex begin to
whimper.
Looking down at the young boy in his arms, he
smiled as he closed the front door. “I
think your brother is awake.”
An innocent smile appeared on Ant’s face.
As Grissom began to walk through the living
room towards the hall, the phone rang.
He quickly grabbed it with his free hand as he passed the table.
“Hello?”
“Hi Grissom…it’s
Jessie.”
He cradled the cordless phone between his ear
and shoulder as he entered the nursery.
“Hey…you just left not that long ago.
Did you forget something?”
Hearing the gentle cry of one of the buglets,
she smiled. “Actually, I did. I’m taking my nephew to the library this
afternoon. They have story tellers come
in once in a while. Anyway, today
they’re having a guy come in who writes children’s books dealing with insects. I thought Mikey might enjoy it, and forgot to
ask you about it before I left. Would it
be okay if I came by and picked him up?”
Grissom chuckled softly as he fumbled with the
snaps on Alex’s pajamas. “He probably would love it. What time is he going to be there?”
“Three-thirty…”
Realizing that he needed both hands, he quickly
placed Ant in his crib. He smiled at the
baby as he cooed contentedly. He easily
undressed Alex and reached for a clean diaper.
“Well, he’s at daycare today. If you want to go by and get him this
afternoon, I’ll call Sara and have her tell Ellie that you’ll be picking him
up.”
“Are you sure that’s okay?”
Grissom chuckled into the phone. “Well, we trust you to spend the night here
and watch after all three of the boys…I’m sure we can trust you to pick Weevil
up and take him to the library.”
Jessie laughed at his comment as she
nodded. “Good point. Okay, I’ll have him home around 5 or
so.”
“Sounds good to me. I’ll let Sara know.”
Jessie grinned as she heard him talking softly
to Alex. “Are both of them awake?”
“Oh yeah…”
“Well, then…I’ll let you go.”
“Okay, have a nice day, Jessie. And…thank you.”
“No problem, Grissom. I’ll talk to you later.”
As he ended the connection on his end, he
smiled down at Alex. Signing as he spoke
to the boy, he grinned as Alex’s blue eyes sparkled. “Good morning, little man. You slept longer than your brother today.”
Alex giggled softly, causing Ant to giggle in
return. After redressing Alex, Grissom
spread a soft cotton blanket on the nursery floor and placed both of the
buglets on it to play.
“And, before I forget…I need to call your
mother.”
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Sara glanced at her cell phone sitting in the
cradle attached to the dashboard of her Tahoe, smiling as she read the caller
id. Reaching over, she hit the button
for the speakerphone.
“I haven’t been gone that long, Gil…”
“Daddy on da
phone?”
“Hey buddy.
What are you doing?”
Weevil giggled.
“Daddy!”
Sara laughed lightly. “What do you need me to pick up on the way
home?”
Grissom’s brow furrowed slightly. “What?”
“I just figured that if you’re calling this
soon, it’s because we need something…”
“Bubbles!” Mikey called out from the back seat.
“Besides bubbles, that is…”
Grissom chuckled. “Actually, Jessie just called…”
“Oh?”
“Yeah…can you put the earpiece in?”
Sara arched an eyebrow and glanced into the rearview mirror to look at Mikey. “Uh…yeah, okay. Hold on…”
After connecting the earpiece into the phone,
she spoke quietly to her husband. “Is
everything okay?”
“Oh, yeah…everything’s fine. She just wanted to know if it was okay for
her to take Weevil to the library this afternoon with her nephew.”
“Oh, that sounds like fun. What time is she going to come by to pick him
up?”
“Actually, she’s going to pick him up this
afternoon from daycare. I was wondering if you’d mind letting Ellie
know when you drop him off…”
“Sure.
You know, we should go ahead and have her put
on the list of people approved to pick him up…”
“I was thinking the same thing. Do you care to do that while you’re there?”
Sara chuckled softly. “Oh, I don’t know Gil…that’s a pretty hard
thing to do. You know…give a name and
such…”
“Smart ass…”
Grissom smiled as he watched his two younger sons playing quietly on the
blanket.
As Alex giggled, Sara grinned. “Are both of them awake?”
“Yeah, they’re playing on the blanket right
now. I’m getting ready to feed Alex…”
“Then, I’d better let you go, huh?”
Grissom chuckled as he nodded. “Put me back on speakerphone for a minute.”
“Okay…”
Sara reached over to disconnect the earpiece, stopping when she heard
her husband say ‘wait’. “What?”
“I love you…and I’m really hoping we can
get the buglets back to sleep pretty quickly after you get home…”
She laughed at the suggestive tone in his
voice. “Me too…and, I love you. I’m putting you on speaker now…”
Grissom bit back his comment as Sara released
the earpiece from the phone. He grinned
as he heard Sara tell Weevil to say goodbye to Daddy.
“Bye-bye Daddy! Git bubbles!”
Grissom laughed softly before he spoke. “I promise…we’ll have bubbles for your next
bath, okay son?”
“Yep!”
“Be a good boy, and have fun today…”
“O-tay! Oo be good!
Hab
fun!”
Grissom’s laughter grew. “I love you, Weevil Mike.”
“Wub oo,
Daddy Geel! Bye!”
Grissom laughed as Sara disconnected the
call. Looking down at the two boys
playing happily on the floor, he shook his head slowly. “Your brother is definitely…different.”
Crouching down, he quickly picked up both boys
and stood back up. “Come on, let’s go in
the living room…you two can play in there while I get Alex’s breakfast
ready. And then…you can both go to sleep
when Mommy comes home…so that we can go to bed.
To sleep, of course…because we’re both pretty tired. And…”
He shook his head in amusement as he walked
into the living room. “Why am I telling
you two this? It’s not like I need to
justify to you two why Mommy and I are going to bed…do I? Now, if I were telling this to Mikey, he’d
have a million questions. But neither of
you are talking…yet. So…I’m pretty much
talking to myself. How about I tell you
about the case that Catherine and I are working on? It’s really pretty interesting…”
Sara walked through the front door and opened
her mouth to announce her arrival to her husband. Hearing him talking in the kitchen, she
closed her mouth and placed the plastic bag, holding two bottles of bubble bath,
on the floor. She walked quietly to the
entranceway to the kitchen and leaned against the doorframe, tilting her head
in amusement as she listened to Grissom chatting to the buglets.
“But, the thing of it is…there weren’t any
fingerprints on any of the fingers we recovered. They weren’t cut off, they were burned
off. We’re not sure what kind of
chemical was used yet…hopefully, Greg will be able to tell us something
tonight. But, it makes it easier for
us. Chemical burns are a little simpler
to trace than the type of instrument it would take to cut off prints cleanly.”
Noticing that the boys’ eyes had drifted from
him to the doorway, he dropped his hands and turned around to find his wife
standing there with a smile on her face.
“Hi…didn’t hear you come in.”
Sara pushed off of the doorframe and walked
into the kitchen, laughing lightly. “I
figured as much. Gil…don’t you think
they’re just a little young to be hearing about…severed fingers and missing
fingerprints?”
Grissom’s face reddened as he shrugged his
shoulders. “Probably, but…it’s not like
they can really understand what I’m talking about. And…”
Seeing her smile widen, he sighed.
“Yeah, they’re too young. But,
once I started thinking about it, I started talking about it…and…you know how
that goes.”
“Uh-huh.”
She chuckled as she bent down and kissed the top of his head.
“So…did you clear Jessie to pick up Weevil this
afternoon?”
“Yep. Not a problem at all.” She walked around the table and leaned down
to kiss the boys, who were giggling happily as they wiggled in their bouncers
that Grissom had placed on top of the kitchen
table. “Was Daddy telling you scary
stories?”
Sara laughed as Ant reached his small arms out
towards her. She quickly unfastened him
and picked him up. “Daddy likes scary
stories, doesn’t he?”
Grissom stood up and lifted Alex out of his
bouncer, shaking his head in amusement.
“So does Mommy, doesn’t she?”
He followed Sara into the living room, where
they sat down on the couch. Glancing
over towards the door, his brow furrowed.
“What’s in the bag?”
“Bubbles!” She laughed as she looked into her husband’s
eyes. “He made me promise him that I’d
stop on the way home to get them.”
She lifted her hand to cover her mouth as she
yawned. Ant wiggled around on her
lap. “They’re not at all tired, are
they?”
Grissom tickled Alex’s ribs, smiling as the boy
giggled. “No…they’re not.”
Sara lifted Ant into the air and grinned at
him. “Why won’t you
go back to sleep?”
Ant responded with a hearty laugh.
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An hour into what the buglets considered
morning playtime, the doorbell rang.
Grissom yawned as he stood up and walked around the cotton blanket that
the boys were playing on. Opening the
door, he found a smiling Catherine standing on the front porch.
“You’re still up.”
“Nice observation, Catherine.” He took a step back to allow the woman to
enter the home.
Glancing down at Alex and Ant playing on the
floor, she grinned. “And, they’re still
up.”
“Hence the reason Sara and I aren’t in
bed…” He closed the door and ran his
hand through his hair. “Something break
on the case?”
“Huh?”
She turned around to look at him.
“Oh, no…”
“Then…why are you here?”
Sara put down her magazine as she laughed. “Just get to the point, Gil…”
Catherine chuckled as she sat down on the chair
and watched Grissom return to his seat next to Sara. “Actually…I was wondering if it would be okay
to take Alex and
Grissom narrowed his eyes slightly. “You’ve never offered to take them on any of
your other days off…”
Sara smacked his arm. “Don’t be rude.”
“I’m not…it’s an observation. And my investigator instincts tell me that
there’s another reason, that’s all.”
Catherine laughed as she nodded her head. “Well, you’re right.”
Grissom winked at Sara as he grinned. “See?”
“Actually, it’s more to do with helping Linds.”
Grissom’s eyes widened. “Is she going to do a science project on
twins?”
Sara and Catherine laughed at his sudden enthusiasm.
Hearing the laughter, his expression
changed. “What’s so funny?”
Sara laid a hand on his thigh. “Only you would jump immediately to the
conclusion of a science project…”
“Well, if I had known someone with twins…I
would’ve done a project on it.”
Catherine caught her breath as she shook her
head. “Luckily, Lindsay isn’t like you.”
“Well…I’m not sure if that’s
a compliment or not, but…go on.”
“You know Linds loves
the boys. All three of
them. So, of course, now she’s
pestering me for a little brother for her.
Specifically…twins. I thought
maybe if we could spend the day with them…she’d understand that caring for
twins isn’t exactly…easy.”
“So…it is kind of like an experiment…”
Sara laughed lightly. “I remember my aunt taking me to spend the
day with them one time. I was probably
about 5 or 6, extremely inquisitive. By
the time I went home, my cousin was sure that he was happy being an only
child.”
Catherine returned Sara’s laughter. “I’m hoping it’ll work for me too.”
As Sara stood up to go pack a bag for the boys,
Grissom slid onto the floor next to the blanket. “You get to be part of an experiment!”
Alex and Ant giggled at their father.
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By the time Catherine had left with the
buglets, Sara was barely able to keep her eyes open. She stood under the hot spray of water and
yawned as she rinsed her hair. She
sighed gently, hoping that Grissom wouldn’t be too disappointed that she needed
a couple of hours sleep.
Turning off the water, she stepped out of the
shower and grabbed her bath towel. After
quickly towel-drying her hair, she slid into her fluffy bath robe and walked to
the bedroom.
She grinned as her eyes drifted towards the
bed. Her husband was sound asleep. He was still wearing his glasses,
the book he had been reading was resting on his bare chest.
She walked over to him and carefully removed
his glasses, placing them on the bedside table.
She glanced at the book and chuckled softly when she saw that it was an
old Entomology text.
For him to fall asleep while reading about
bugs, he must’ve been tired. At least I
don’t have to worry about disappointing him…
She took off her robe and hung it on the back
of the bedroom door before sliding her warm body under the blankets and
snuggling up next to him. He mumbled
something in his sleep and rolled onto his side as he wrapped his arms around
her.
It didn’t take her long to join him in sleep.
Sara opened her eyes and smiled as she felt her
husband’s arm wrapped securely around her abdomen. She yawned sleepily as she glanced at the
clock on the bedside table. She shook
her head lightly, realizing she had only been asleep for a couple of
hours. Shifting her gaze towards the
baby monitor, she wondered why it was so quiet.
And then she remembered. She grinned at the thought of her two
youngest sons being part of an ‘experiment’.
Feeling Grissom’s warm breath on the back of
her neck, she realized that he was still asleep. Her grin widened as she gently lifted his arm
and turned over to face him.
He stirred lightly and rolled onto his back,
still in a sound sleep. She was content
for the moment to just lay there and watch him sleep. As he breathed deeply and slowly, she placed
her fingertips on his bare chest.
She smiled as she allowed her hand to glide
down his torso, gently pushing the sheet and blanket down his body. Propping herself up on her left elbow, she bent
her head and lightly kissed his chest.
He murmured softly in his sleep as she placed
kisses down the path her hand had just made.
She glanced up at him as her index finger slid along his semi-hard
length.
His head rolled to the side as he took in a
deep breath. Convinced her movements
hadn’t woken him, she smiled as she moved further down
the bed. Her eyes remained locked on his
sleeping face as she placed a tender kiss on the glans.
She felt his body shift slightly, but his eyes
remained closed. She wrapped her long
fingers around the base of his hardening shaft and pulled the head into her
mouth.
He groaned softly as her tongue laved the
velvety flesh. As her mouth began to
slide down the shaft, her fingers released the base and moved to gently massage
his scrotum. She felt him begin to
harden more as she slid back towards the glans.
She continued to gaze up at him as she gently
flicked the head with the tip of her tongue.
Her smile shone in her eyes as she watched his eyelids slowly flutter
open. As their eyes met, she quickly
engulfed him.
Suddenly wide awake, he groaned loudly as the
head of his erection slid down into her throat.
His hand trembled slightly as he reached out and threaded his fingers
through her hair.
She pulled her head back, allowing him to slip
out of her mouth. She held the shaft
with her warm fingers and, starting at the base, dragged her tongue along the
underside of his erection. As she
reached the head, she kissed it softly and smiled up at him.
“Did I wake you?”
He licked his lips as he nodded. “Come here…”
“I’m…a bit busy at the moment…” Her fingers gently massaged his erection.
His hands gripped her upper arms and pulled her
up his body. She grumbled softly as she
released his hardened flesh from her grasp.
Sliding one arm around her lower back, he held her against him as his
other hand wrapped around the back of her neck and pulled her down to his
mouth.
Her moan was muffled as he plunged his tongue
into her warm mouth. Feeling her shift her
weight, he easily rolled her onto her back and covered her body with his. She whispered his name as his lips moved to
her neck and gently nibbled at the sensitive skin there.
Pushing himself up, he knelt between her legs
and smiled. He watched her for a
moment. Watched her breasts rise and
fall with each heavy breath she took.
Watched her tongue sneak out and lick her reddened lips. Watched her glazed eyes
taking in the sight of his naked flesh.
His hands slid along her thighs as he licked
his lips. “I love you, Sara.”
She smiled lovingly at him, closing her eyes as
he lifted her right leg and laid down perpendicular to her body. As he lowered her leg across his torso, he
placed a tender kiss on her inner thigh.
His fingers played across her outer thigh as he licked a path towards
his destination.
He heard her let out an animalistic growl as
his tongue slid between her lips.
Shifting his body slightly, he moved his right hand and used his thumb
and index finger to part her lips. He
inhaled her scent deeply for a moment.
With a deep groan, he quickly covered her clitoris with his mouth and
sucked the hardened nub with a sense of urgency she hadn’t felt in a
while.
She tightened her leg around him, the heel of
her foot digging into the middle of his back.
She groaned loudly as he carefully nibbled on her clit. She gasped as his middle finger quickly slid
into her wet depths. She whimpered as
he, just as quickly, removed the digit and replaced it with his thumb.
Rotating her hips, she ground against him as he
continued to torture her clit with his lips and tongue. Arching her back, she cried out as his middle
finger gently pushed its way into her anus.
He stopped for a second, looking up at her to
make sure she was alright.
Reaching down with her left hand, she grabbed
the back of his head and panted heavily.
“Don’t…stop…”
He smiled as he broke the gaze and resumed his
attack on her body. As he alternated the
gentle strokes into her orifices with his finger and thumb, his mouth released
her clit. She groaned in frustration as
his tongue slowly circled her engorged nub.
Feeling her walls tighten around his thumb, he
halted all motion. Her nails scraped
against his scalp as she screamed his name, begging him not to stop. Licking his lips, he allowed his digits to
slip from her. With one last lick
against her clit, he pushed himself up and knelt between her shaking thighs.
“Gil…”
“Shh…” He smiled as he bent his head and kissed her
deeply.
She felt his erection throb against her thigh
as his tongue found hers. He slid off of
her body as he broke the kiss. She
looked at him, the confusion evident in her darkened eyes.
“Gil?”
“Roll over.”
His glazed eyes sparkled as he spoke softly. “Onto your stomach…”
She bit her lower lip in anticipation as she
did as he had asked. His teeth nipped at
her shoulder as he moved in between her spread legs. Sliding his right arm under her abdomen, he
carefully lifted her enough for her to rest on her knees in front of him.
Taking his erection into his hand, he guided
himself into her depths. They groaned in
unison as he slid his length into her. After
a few gentle thrusts, he pulled out and placed a kiss on her spine.
She leaned forward a bit more as she felt his
well-lubricated flesh slide along the crevice in her ass. “Sara?”
“Yes…please…”
His heart raced as he gently spread her cheeks
and pressed the glans against the puckered orifice. She bit her lip, holding her breath, as he
carefully eased the head into her. He
closed his eyes, gripping her hip with his left hand, as he waited for her
inner muscles to relax enough for him to continue.
After a few seconds, he felt her move against
him…slowly drawing his thick length into her.
He watched tiny beads of sweat appear on her back. When he was fully encased in her depths, he
reached underneath her and gently pressed against her clit.
She groaned and bucked her hips. As he began to thrust gently into her, she
covered his hand with one of hers, urging him to rub her clitoris. He followed her lead, rubbing gently as he
matched his strokes to her bucking hips.
He moaned her name as he felt her body shudder
beneath him. Her hand dropped to the
sheet covering the mattress as he brought her closer to the edge.
Her fingers clutched the sheet as she screamed
his name while her climax crashed over her.
His hand grasped her hip, his fingers digging into her skin, as he
readied himself for his impending orgasm.
Her name left his lips on a throaty grunt as he
slammed himself into her one last time.
She screamed again as she felt his hot semen flood her walls. As he emptied himself into her, her knees
finally gave way and she collapsed onto her stomach. He fell onto her back, quickly rolling off of
her to keep from hurting her.
She gasped as she felt his softening member
slip out of her. His trembling hand slid
across her sweaty back as he pulled her against him.
“Are…you…okay?”
He fought to catch his breath as his fingertips caressed her skin.
She slowly turned towards him, a smile
appearing on her face. “More than…”
He matched her smile with one of his own and
leaned into her, brushing his lips against hers. “That was a wonderful way to wake up, but…I’m
tired. Either I didn’t get enough sleep,
or you completely wore me out, or…both.”
Her face reddened slightly as she grinned at
him. “Well…we did only sleep for a
couple of hours…”
He chuckled softly as he brushed her damp hair
away from her face. “And…you did
completely wear me out, I think.”
“So…both?”
He kissed her lips gently. “Mm-hm…”
“Good.”
She smiled as he lost the battle with a yawn. “Do you want to take a shower?”
“I want…to hold you in my arms and go back to
sleep for a while. You game?”
She draped her arm across him and placed a kiss
on his chin. “I am…”
She watched him for a moment after he had
closed his eyes. As his breathing began
to even out, she allowed her eyes to close as well.
“Thank you for waking me up.” He said sleepily.
She smiled and snuggled closer to him. “You’re welcome. Now…sleep, babe.”
Grissom opened his eyes as he felt her warm
body slide from his arms. “Where are you
going?”
She turned her head towards him and
smiled. “I’m just going to put some
clothes on…”
“Why?”
He reached out and caressed her bare back with his fingertips.
“Because…it’s twenty ‘til two, and I’m still
tired.”
He narrowed his eyes in confusion, causing her
to chuckle lightly. “Weevil will be home
in a couple of hours…and, I really don’t think I’d be comfortable with him
jumping into bed with us while we’re…”
Grissom grinned as the realization hit
him. “Naked…yeah…”
He followed her out of bed and slipped on a
pair of clean boxer shorts and a t-shirt as he watched her do the same. With a warm smile, she crawled back into bed
and patted the mattress as he stood silently, watching her.
“You coming back to
bed?”
He gave her a brief nod before sliding under
the covers with her. “You’re still
tired?”
She yawned as she snuggled up against him. “Aren’t you?”
“Mm-hm…”
Placing a soft kiss on his lips, she draped her
arm over his body. “Then, let’s sleep a
bit more…”
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jessie unlocked the front door and carefully
pushed it open. Poking her head inside
and hearing nothing, she realized that Grissom and Sara were still asleep. She smiled down at the young boy standing at
her feet as she lifted her index finger to her lips.
“We have to be quiet, Mikey. I think your Mommy and Daddy are still
asleep.”
“O-tay…”
She chuckled to herself as she watched the boy
tiptoe into the living room. Placing his
bag on the floor beside of the sofa, she reached down and lightly ruffled his
curls.
“Are you hungry?”
“Yep. I hungy.”
“Okay...”
He followed her into the kitchen, and looked up
at her. “Can I have taytas?”
She opened the refrigerator door, smiling when
she saw a container on the top shelf with “Weevil” written on the lid. As she opened the bowl full of mashed
potatoes, she nodded.
“Yeah, I think you can have potatoes.”
“Yay!” He jumped up and down in excitement as she
placed the container on the counter and pulled a spoon out of the drawer. “Git my bow!”
She laughed softly as she opened the cabinet
and retrieved the blue plastic bowl with pictures of different insects covering
the outside. “This
one?”
He nodded happily and watched her fill up his
bowl with the refrigerated potatoes. As
she walked over to the microwave, she smiled at him.
“Why don’t you go make sure that your brothers
are okay while your potatoes are heating up?”
A bright grin appeared on the boy’s face as he
turned and ran towards the hall.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
A shrill scream jolted Grissom and Sara out of
their sleep. As they jumped out of bed,
Sara called Weevil’s name. Grissom flung
the bedroom door open and ran into the hall as Jessie sprinted towards the
nursery from the kitchen.
Sara ran into the nursery to find her oldest
son standing in the middle of the floor, tears streaming down his face. “Mikey, what’s wrong?”
He looked at her through his watery hazel eyes
and pointed towards the empty cribs. His
voice hitched through his sobs.
“Day…gone. But…I
good…boy.”
His parents knelt on either side of him, his
father’s strong hand on his back between his shoulder blades. “Weevil, they’re okay.”
“Not…here.
Day gone…wike me.”
Grissom and Sara exchanged a concerned glance
as Sara quickly picked him up. Jessie
stepped out of the nursery, following them into the living room. As they sat down, Mikey began to talk softly.
“I wuz bad. Unca Gweb tode me
ta be good. Den bad wadie
taked me.”
Jessie stood up quickly and walked to the
phone. Sara wiped the back of her hand
across her eyes. Grissom’s fingers
stroked the back of his son’s head.
“I sed I be good so bad wadie
won’ take Awec an’ And.”
“Weevil…”
Grissom inhaled deeply as the boy looked up at him. “The bad lady didn’t take Alex and
“Wif Cad?”
Grissom nodded slowly, his eyes never leaving
Mikey’s. “No bad lady, Weevil. Would you like to call her?”
Mikey sniffled as he nodded and snuggled
against Sara’s chest. Grissom glanced at
Jessie, who was still on the phone, and sighed softly. “I’ll be right back, I just need to go get my
phone from the bedroom, okay?”
“Otay.”
Grissom’s heart sank as he heard the tone of
his son’s voice. As he walked from the
room, Jessie ended her call and handed the phone to Sara.
“I’m sorry…I wanted to let Greg know…he still
has nightmares about that night. He’s on
his way over to help…”
“Thank you, Jessie.” She looked towards the hall as she punched
Catherine’s number into the keypad.
“Gil? I’m calling her now…”
Grissom stopped outside of the bedroom door and
leaned against the doorframe. He took a
deep breath as the nausea began to wash over him. Realizing what was happening, he dashed
towards the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet in time as his stomach
emptied its contents into the porcelain bowl.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Sara gently rocked Mikey as she waited for
Catherine to answer the phone. She
breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she heard the woman’s familiar voice.
“Catherine…hi. Uh…Weevil wants to talk to you, okay?” She listened for a moment and then handed the
phone to her son.
Mikey held the phone with both hands and
sniffled. “Is my bubbas otay?”
Another tear rolled down Sara’s cheek as she
listened to him talk to Catherine.
“Day wif oo an’ Winsie?”
Sara looked up as Grissom slowly walked back
into the room.
“Bad wadie don’ haf ‘em?”
Sara’s eyes widened in concern as
she noticed how pale her husband was. He shook his head slowly in an effort to let
her know he was okay as he sat down beside of her.
“Wen day comin’
home?”
She raised a trembling hand and placed her palm
on Grissom’s cheek. Hearing a noise, he
turned his head towards the kitchen. “Jessie?”
“Otay. See oo soo.”
He handed the phone back to his mother and
spoke in a soft voice. “Cad wan’s ta tawk.” Then
he carefully crawled into his father’s lap.
Jessie emerged from the kitchen with three cups
of hot coffee and a small cup of lukewarm chocolate. She waited until Weevil had settled himself
against Grissom’s chest and then handed him the small cup.
“Look what I have for you, Weevil…”
He sniffed the cup, then
smiled at her. “Hop choklat!”
She returned his smile and then offered Grissom
a cup of coffee. He took a small sip
before placing the cup on the table beside of the couch.
“Grissom? Are you okay?”
“Yeah…”
Jessie nodded slowly as Sara ended the phone
call. She glanced at both parents and
then at Weevil. “Greg’s on his way
over…”
Weevil looked up, his eyes still glassy. “Unca Gweb?”
Jessie smiled at the boy, causing him to giggle
softly. Looking up at his father, he
smiled brightly. “Unca
Gweb is comin’!”
Grissom kissed his son’s head as he took the
cup from his hands.
Greg pulled into the Grissom’s driveway and
killed the engine. Taking a deep breath,
he opened the car door and stepped out.
As he walked up the pathway, he saw Jessie standing on the front
porch. He stepped onto the porch and
leaned over, placing a soft kiss on her cheek.
“How is he?”
He asked softly.
Jessie sighed heavily and shook her head
slowly. “He’s calmed down a bit since he
talked to Catherine and made sure that Alex and Ant are okay…”
“That’s good…is she bringing them home soon?”
Jessie nodded as she placed her hand on Greg’s
arm. “She’s on her way now, but…I’m more
worried about Grissom.”
Greg tilted his head slightly and looked into
her eyes. “Grissom?”
“Greg, he got really upset. I’ve never seen him like that before. It’s like he was…”
He cut her off quickly, finishing her
statement. “Reliving the episode?” Her silence told him that he was
correct. “I know…the same thing happens
to me…”
Placing his hand on the doorknob, he offered
her a nervous smile. “Come on…let’s go
see how they’re doing.”
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jessie followed Greg into the house, stopping
beside of him as he halted his motion in the living room entrance. She followed his gaze, finding the young boy
curled up on his mother’s lap. Grissom’s
left arm was wrapped around Sara’s shoulders as the fingertips of his right
hand gently stroked his son’s arm.
Exhaling softly, Greg walked into the living
room and knelt down in front of the couch.
After silently bidding Sara and Grissom a hello, he opened his mouth and
spoke softly.
“Hey Weave…”
Grissom sat back as Mikey turned his head
towards the voice. “Gweb!”
The boy sat up on his mother’s lap and extended
his arms toward the young man. Greg
offered him a small smile as he reached out and pulled him into his arms.